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SUMMARY:Capital English Country Dancers
DESCRIPTION:Our February dance will feature a return of the Early Music Ensemble with Larry Wallach\, harpsichord\, Tricia van Oers\, winds\, and Eric Buddington\, violin.  Our caller\,  Michael Wood\, has selected dances to tunes composed mostly before the 1750s.  If you enjoy dressing up in something elegant\, especially period clothing\, this dance provides a good opportunity for you. \n\n\n\nHere is the program for the event with links to videos of the dances. \n\n\n\nDownload the season flyer here. \n\n\n\nDoors open at 1:30. Beginner workshop is at 1:40. Dance from 2:00 – 5:00 PM. \n\n\n\nRegular Dances: $15\, $12 CECD Members (Membership: $15)Ice Cream Sunday: $17\, $14 CECD Members (includes ice cream sundaes)Season Ticket: $88 (includes Regular Dances + Ice Cream Sunday + Membership) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe dance is at the Albany Unitarian Universalist Church\, 405 Washington Avenue\, Albany\, NY 12206 (opposite Downtown UAlbany Campus). We have a beautiful wood dance floor. Please wear clean\, flat\, soft-soled dance shoes. \n\n\n\nNOTE NEW LOCATION beginning in March: St. John’s Episcopal Church\, 146 1st Street\, Troy\, New York\, 12180. \n\n\n\nFind out more about the callers and musicians for the season here. \n\n\n\nOur COVID PolicyPlease stay home if you feel sick or have symptoms of Covid or flu.   CECD will notify all attendees if someone reports a Covid diagnosis within a week after a dance. \n\n\n\nSep 22  from 2 – 4 pm:  SPECIAL FREE BEGINNER WORKSHOP with Don Bell (recorded music)  \n\n\n\nOct 6  Val Medve with Cedar Waxwing (Aaron Marcus\, Sarah Babbitt Spaeth\, Jonathan Werk) \n\n\n\nNov 3  David Smukler with Eileen Kalfass\, Jane Knoeck\, Laurel Sharp  \n\n\n\nDec 1  Brad Foster with Peregrine Road (Karen Axelrod\, Rachel Bell) \n\n\n\nJan 5  Margaret Bary with Alan Thomson and Britany Orlebeke \n\n\n\nFeb 2 Michael Wood with Early Music Ensemble with Harpsichord (Larry Wallach\, Tricia vanOers\, Eric Buddington)  **Note: Period Dress encouraged**  \n\n\n\nMar 2 Elizabeth Freedman with Alan Thomson and Cedar Stanistreet  \n\n\n\nApr 6 Melanie Axel-Lute\, Don Bell with Heartsease \n\n\n\nMay 4 Ice Cream Sunday  – Dereck Kalish Robin Russell\, Marnen Laibow-Koser
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/capital-english-country-dancers-8/
LOCATION:Albany Unitarian Universalist Church\, 405 Washington Ave.\, Albany\, NY\, 12206
CATEGORIES:English Country Dances
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SUMMARY:Albany 1st Friday Swing Dance
DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Greene and the Grand Boubousse \n\n\n\nMore Information here \n\n\n\n>>> PROOF OF VACCINE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED (see below) << \n\n\n\n* 7-8pm – Swing Dance Lesson. No partner needed. \n\n\n\n\n* 8-10:30 pm – Dance to live band (see list below) \n\n\n\nCost: $20 General\, $15 Student\, 65+ Senior\, DFO Member \n\n\n\nAlbany Elks\, 25 S Allen St\, Albany\, NY 12208 (1 block south of Rt. 20 Madison/Western) \n\n\n\nBeginners: Take the 7pm East Coast Swing lesson and you’ll be dancing with nice people within the hour! No partner needed. \n\n\n\nSpacious\, attractive A/C hall (plus new large fans) with large wooden dance floor. \n\n\n\nSponsored by the Dance Flurry Organization (DFO): www.danceflurry.org \n\n\n\nProof of vaccine is no longer required. Stay home if you feel sick\, or were in close contact with someone who tested positive. Masks are not required\, but are welcome. \n\n\n\nVolunteers needed!  Please contact us if you’d be interested in being on the Albany 1st Friday Swing Dance committee and helping with the dance\, especially with take down. \n\n\n\nAmbassador Program: The DFO has established this program to welcome all people\, especially beginners\, to our dances. For more information\, please ask at the front desk. \n\n\n\n2024-2025 Dates: \n\n\n\nSept 6\, 2024 Albany 1st Friday Swing Dance w/ Ryan Sullivan & Friends Quartet \n\n\n\nOct 4\, 2024 Albany 1st Friday Swing Dance w/ Miss Paula & the Twangbusters with special guest Mark Gamsjager of the Lustre Kings  More information here. \n\n\n\nNov 1\, 2024 Albany 1st Friday Swing Dance w/ Eight to the Bar  More information here. \n\n\n\nThen Dec 6\, 2024 and for 2025: Jan 3\, Feb 7\, Mar 7\, Apr 4\, May 2\, June 6. \n\n\n\nEvery 1st Friday except July and August  \n\n\n\n= = = = =
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/albany-1st-friday-swing-dance-02-07-2025/
LOCATION:Albany Elks Lodge\, 25 South Allen Street\, Albany\, NY\, 12203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Swing
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SUMMARY:North Berkshire Community Dance
DESCRIPTION:Calling by Liz Nelson with music by “The Vintons” \n\n\n\nNorth Berkshire Dances are held on the second Saturdays of the month from 7:30 to 10 PM in the community hall of the First Congregational Church\, 906 Main Street\, Williamstown\, MA. Dances include contras and squares all done to great live music.  The sessions are open to beginners\, families\, and life-long dancers!   All dances are taught and no partner is required. Come alone or bring a friend or two. \n\n\n\nAs a community dance in a small college town\, we welcome people of all ages and backgrounds into the ever-changing tradition of New England contra dance.  Contra dancing is the contemporary face of a living tradition; some of the dances are hundreds of years old\, some are recently composed. Some of the dances are hundreds of years old\, some are recently composed; all are good fun and a pleasurable occasion for meeting and interacting with people both new and familiar. \n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome. New dancers and families with children are encouraged to arrive at 7:30 for an introductory lesson. Come with or without a partner; most people change partners for each dance throughout the evening. \n\n\n\nThe dances run 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. on the second Saturday (most months) in the Community Hall of the First Congregational Church\, 906 Main St.\, Williamstown. Admission is pay-as-you-can\, $12 – $20 suggested\, and barter (especially help with cleanup) is also welcome.  \n\n\n\nCovid Policy: Masks are optional\, and we are no longer checking vaccination status.   \n\n\n\nFor more information\,  Visit www.northberkshiredance.org or the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/northberkshiredance/. \n\n\n\nUPCOMING DANCES\n\n\n\n\nMarch 8th\, 2025: Williamstown\, Music by Spare Parts. Calling by a really good caller.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe send a quick email reminder once a month before each dance. If you would like to be included\, you can subscribe here. \n\n\n\nFor more information\, visit www.northberkshiredance.org\, see the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/northberkshiredance/\,  or contact doonemackay@gmail.com. 
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/north-berkshire-community-dance-2-8-25/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church\, Williamstown MA\, 906 Main Street\, Williamstown\, Massachusetts\, 01267\, United States
CATEGORIES:Contra
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SUMMARY:Delmar Family Dance
DESCRIPTION:American and International Folk Dances & Singing Games!\n\n\n\nStorytelling & Sing-Alongs!\n\n\n\nEnjoy traditions passed down from generation to generation.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCircle dances\, squares\, line dances and play-party singing games from around the world. Instruction and calling by Paul Rosenberg. Music by Tame Rutabaga.  Sit-in musicians of any age and degree of experience are welcome to join in. \n\n\n\nCome join us for an intergenerational fun afternoon! Bring your children\, parents\, grandparents\, aunts\, uncles\, cousins\, brothers and sisters! Bring your friends and neighbors! All join hands and circle left! \n\n\n\nSessions 3:00 p.m. — 4:15 p.m. \n\n\n\nSuggested donation: Adults / $5-$8\, Children 6-12 / $1 \n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Paul at 518-482-9255 or paul@homespun.biz. \n\n\n\nEvents are held at the Delmar Reformed Church at 386 Delaware Avenue\,  Delmar\, NY 12054.  Park in the lot and enter the building from the parking lot. \n\n\n\n\n2025 Season events: \n\n\n\nJanuary 19 \n\n\n\nFebruary 9 \n\n\n\nMarch 9  \n\n\n\nApril 13 \n\n\n\nDownload the flyer here!
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/delmar-family-dance/2025-02-09/
LOCATION:Delmar Reformed Church\, 386 Delaware Ave\, Delmar\, NY\, 12054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community & Family Dances
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SUMMARY:Flurry Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:For everything Flurry Festival\, head over to the festival’s home at www.flurryfestival.org! \n\n\n\nWHEN:\n\n\n\nFebruary 14-16\, 2025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHERE:\n\n\n\nFlurry Headquarters: Saratoga Springs City Center / Hilton Hotel\, 522 Broadway\, Saratoga Springs\, NY 12866. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTYPES OF EVENTS:\n\n\n\nDances and Workshops —such as Contra\, Swing\, Latin\, English Country\, Squares\, Vintage\, Clogging\, Hip-Hop\, Cajun\, Zydeco\, Irish\, Scandinavian\, Middle Eastern\, Asian\, European\, American and International Folk\, Yoga and Body Movement\, and more! Beginner to experienced sessions. Make Music and Sing— in sessions such as Irish\, Quebecois\, Southern Old-Time\, African\, Scandinavian\, Adirondack\, Gospel & Community Singalongs\, Folk\, Fiddle\, Guitar\, Banjo\, Flute\, Harmonica\, Ukulele\, Voice and more!
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/flurry-festival-2025/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Contra,DFO Events,Music and Workshops,Swing
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SUMMARY:Cajun / Zydeco Dances
DESCRIPTION:Great live music from The Red Aces Cajun Band!   \n\n\n\nGreat fun–and no partner needed! \n\n\n\nLesson at 7:00 – Dance from 7:30-10:30\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the difference between Cajun and Zydeco dances??? \n \n\n\n\nZydeco Revelators\n\n\n\nZydeco and Cajun dancing follow similar rhythms\, born in the Bayou of Louisiana\, and notably feature an accordion and often a fiddle (or two)\, generally with a rhythm guitar and a bass guitar (or stand-up bass). Stationary dances like Zydeco (or swing dancing) are generally done in the center of the dance floor to allow traveling dances\, such as a Cajun two-step\, to be done around the outside oval of the floor. \n\n\n\nZydeco music generally includes the distinctive sound of a rub board\, or “frattoire” as it is called in French\, and usually there is also a drummer keeping a lively beat. Zydeco dancing tends to be more energetic\, with dancers tending to stay in one location while they dance.  \n\n\n\nThe gentle percussive beat of the triangle\, or “p’tit fer” as it is known in French\, or just the bass\, often keeps the beat in Cajun music. Cajun music tends to tell a story\, with gentler dancing that travels around the perimeter of the dance floor\, such as waltzes and two-steps. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe lesson before the dance covers the traditional Cajun dances: the Cajun Waltz\, One-Step\, and Two-Step.  All of these are traveling “Carousel” dances. The dancers create the “Carousel” by all the couples working together traveling around the floor in a counter clockwise direction.  See these guidelines for Cajun dancing. \n\n\n\nThere are no Covid restrictions\, but we ask that folks stay home if they are not feeling well or have been exposed recently.  \n\n\n\nThe line-up for the 2024-2025 Season (click on image to download flyer): \n\n\n\nFeb 22  The Red Aces Cajun Band \n\n\n\nMar 22  Zydeco Revelators  \n\n\n\nApr 26  Planet Zydeco
URL:https://www.danceflurry.org/event/cajun-zydeco-dances-2-22-2025/
LOCATION:Albany Unitarian Universalist Church\, 405 Washington Ave.\, Albany\, NY\, 12206
CATEGORIES:Cajun/Zydeco
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